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Italy endangers the web « BuzzMachine Italy is endangering the web. It convicted three Google executives for privacy violations for a video that was posted on YouTube Google Video that Google took down when it received a complaint. http://www.buzzmachine.com/2010/02/24/italy-endangers-the-web/

http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2010/2/25/4466212.html IGP Blog :: There’s more to the Google-Italy case than meets the While Google claims that it cannot possibly monitor all user-generated content, in Italy the corporation has already made concessions to copyright interests, engaging in surveillance of postings on behalf of copyright holders.

Google Feels Noose Tighten in Italy, Brussels, China, U.S. - Sea http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Google-Feels-Noose-Tighten-in-Italy-Brussels-China-US-897569/ Google Feels Noose Tighten in Italy, Brussels, China, U.S. ( Page 1 of 2 )

If they did, it would mean the end of the Internet in Italy, if nothing else. The Italian Job: The Real Reason the Google Convictions are Bad http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/6424

Italy was already the Internet freedom bad boy among western European democracies with its plans to extend broadcast TV licensing requirements to video sites. But the conviction today by a Milan judge of three Google executives is more than a one-off case of antisocial cyber behavior. It could end the protection that Web platforms now enjoy for user posted content. http://cpj.org/blog/2010/02/chilling-google-verdict-in-italy.php Chilling Google verdict in Italy - Blog - Committee to Protect J